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Expanding horizons.

Bringing perspectives on history, great museum collections, and 21st Century digital resources to educators and families.

 
 
 
The Verizon Foundation partners with esteemed cultural and educational organizations to expand the breadth and depth of Thinkfinity’s resources for new audiences.
 

Highlights

 
  • Online Safety and Digital Citizenship
     

  • Common Sense Media

    Online Safety and Digital Citizenship

    Watch videos and explore activities from Common Sense Media’s groundbreaking digital literacy and citizenship curriculum to learn how to thrive in today’s world of media and technology. Learn tips for a safe, secure, and appropriate online experience.
     
     
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  • THE ELECTRIC COMPANY
     

  • THE ELECTRIC COMPANY

    Unlock the Power of Words

    Thinkfinity partners with The Electric Company to connect with today’s kids, parents and educators. The Electric Company is a multi-media literacy experience designed to teach reading concepts through fun and engaging videos, games and activities.
     
     
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  • THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
     

  • NY Botanical Garden

    Plant Hunters

    Assume the role of a plant hunter in this image-rich interactive from The New York Botanical Garden. Explore 66 different types of plants, watch videos of botanists talking about plants, or test your knowledge with seven games that will take you from Beginning Botanist to Professional Plant Hunter.
     
     
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  • MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE
     

  • The Living Room Candidate

    The Living Room Candidate, funded through a grant from the Verizon Foundation, contains a comprehensive online collection of political television advertisements from every Presidential election since 1952. Explore this resource for a revealing look at American culture and the impact of media on the political landscape.
     
     
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  • NAACP
     

  • NAACP Interactive Historical Timeline

    Explore. Discover. Learn. Take a journey over the last 100 years and understand the impact and influences of the NAACP. Organized around 10 historical milestones, the media-rich, interactive timeline provides context for some of the most significant events in history, interpreted through historic video, celebrity narration, interesting facts and photographs. Use the NAACP Interactive Historical Timeline in the classroom or at home, and expand your knowledge of the milestones, people and events that illustrate the organization's impact on civil rights, science, the arts, law and more.
     
     
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Additional Projects

 

Plant Hunters

Assume the role of a plant hunter in this image-rich interactive from The New York Botanical Garden.

 

The Living Room Candidate

The Living Room Candidate, funded through a grant from the Verizon Foundation, contains a comprehensive online collection of political television advertisements from every Presidential election since 1952.

 

University of Massachusetts Amherst

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is digitizing one of the most extraordinary collections documenting the 20th century African American experience: the Papers of W.E.B. Du Bois.

 

Pentagon Memorial Fund

Teaching and learning materials about the Pentagon Memorial and September 11, 2001

 

Jamestown Journey

Educational resources to support America's 400th anniversary

 
 

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"The Verizon Foundation invests in education and literacy initiatives that leverage innovative technology and interactive learning to increase 21st century skills in children and adults. Through thinkfinity.org, we are committed to the philanthropic purpose of helping educators and families put students of all ages on track for achievement and success."


Patrick R. Gaston
President, Verizon Foundation